1848 outer letter sheet sent to Pest from Plovdiv. Entering Serbia disinfected at Aleksinac, quarantine station wax seal applied on reverse. Letter was transferred to the Serbian postal system and on the entry to the Austrian Hungarian Empire disinfected at Semlin quarantine station. Reverse shows handstamp of this quarantine. Rare double disinfection cover passing through three different postal systems.

c. 1920 Essay Die Proof for central vignette of the 1921-23 High Values showing Tsar Boris III with approval notations at lower right on the mounting card and signed by the postmaster; ex C Fitz 'Murder in Philately' exhibit.

£495

Bulgaria

Eastern Roumelia 1883 envelope to St Etienne, France franked 1pi. tied by barred cancel and with green Philippopoli date stamp in association, Constantinople transit and Odessa disinfection cachet at centre. With rastel punches and cuts at edge on each side.